Today I learned about Cliff Young, a 61-year-old teetotaler potato farmer from rural Victoria, who won the 1983 Sydney to Melbourne ultramarathon. He may have even inspired Forrest Gump. How have I never heard of this guy? He’s amazing! I love his shuffle. The article there teases that he may have cheated, but really it’s just that he accidentally got up a couple hours early on the second day, breaking a gentleman’s agreement to sleep until dawn. That gave him a 30km lead, but given that he actually finished 50km ahead of second place, it seems obvious he would have won regardless. I wish I’d known about him before I ran my marathon; I would’ve added him to my little notecard of inspiration that I carried with me.